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Friday, February 08, 2013

Help this guy out people...



I have recently noticed more and more of these photographs where adopted children grow up and go on the search for their biological families.  This started with the woman from Utah who found her parents after only three days after posting a picture on Facebook.

I'm sure it goes right up the ass of CPS though.  Let's help them all.  

KJCT ABC 8 Grand Junction Feb. 07, 2013. 07:03 PM EST

Child protection treated as joke

Child protection treated as joke


IF you needed evidence that the state's child protection system is a shambles, it was delivered by a 16-year-old this week.

Resigning after my day on the witness stand

A foster parent who also happens to be a therapist for CPS victims, (one of my personal favorite blogs) goes off on the injustice that many real parents must face.

Check it out.

Resigning after my day on the witness stand


Thursday, February 07, 2013

Offaly woman says accused told her to tell social workers her abuse allegations were lies


Offaly woman says accused told her to tell social workers her abuse allegations were lies

A WOMAN was bribed by her father into making abuse allegations against her mother’s partner, it has been claimed at the Central Criminal Court.

Congress Votes, Unheralded, to Stop the Killing of 2,500 Children


Throwing more money at a problem they don't understand and leaving the victims out of it.

Congress Votes, Unheralded, to Stop the Killing of 2,500 Children

Last month, in the final hours of the 112th Congress, the Senate, following a 330-77 House vote, unanimously and quietly adopted H.R. 6655. The president signed the bill into law. National press did not acknowledge the bill's enactment. What accounted for such bi-partisan support from a bitterly divided Congress that otherwise passed very few laws? This law, An Act to Protect Our Children, is meant to stop the killing of very small children.

Sometimes kids are better off dead than in the hands of the US Governments Child Trafficking Ring.

Parents of special needs children worried about fraud charges

Parents of special needs children worried about fraud charges


Some New Brunswick families who have children with special needs say they're worried they may be investigated for fraud after years of being encouraged by social workers to falsify their respite care forms.

Judge rules against troubled adopted kids' ranch


Judge rules against troubled adopted kids' ranch


A state judge has ruled that a Montana ranch for troubled children adopted abroad is not an exempt church ministry and must be licensed by the state.

Divorced fathers and family-law attorneys ask Nebraska lawmakers to pass shared-custody bill

Divorced fathers and family-law attorneys ask Nebraska lawmakers to pass shared-custody bill

Omaha resident Gary Owens pounded the table and raised his voice Wednesday as he testified before Nebraska lawmakers, demanding they pass two bills that could allow him to spend more time with his son.

Mom whose baby was born with cocaine in system wasn't neglectful, N.J. Supreme Court rules

Mom whose baby was born with cocaine in system wasn't neglectful, N.J. Supreme Court rules

In a far-reaching decision that clarifies what child abuse means and how families are investigated, the state Supreme Court ruled today that parents who engage in risky behavior cannot be found neglectful if there is no evidence they harmed their child.

The trouble with statistics on child abuse and neglect in Michigan


The trouble with statistics on child abuse and neglect in Michigan


Today, I reported for State of Opportunity on some alarming new statistics on child abuse and neglect in Michigan.



Celebs Ask Putin to Let US Families Complete Adoptions


Celebs Ask Putin to Let US Families Complete Adoptions

A group of prominent Russian artists appealed to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to allow dozens of US families to complete previously started adoptions of Russian children, despite introduction of a law earlier this year banning Americans from adopting Russian minors.

Dad says: "I'm no paedo"

Dad says: "I'm no paedo"


A dad says he is sick of being branded a paedophile by council social workers amid claims they have refused to withdraw a record saying he had sex with an underage girl.

South Dakota Tribes Accuse State Of Violating Indian Welfare Act

South Dakota Tribes Accuse State Of Violating Indian Welfare Act

For years now, council members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota have watched as the state's Department of Social Services removed children from the reservation and placed many of them in white foster homes, far from tribal lands. Many of the children were later adopted, losing their connection to their families and heritage.

Gov. Hickenlooper announces changes to strengthen troubled child protection system

Colorado announces sweeping reforms to child welfare system


Colorado announces sweeping reforms to child welfare system


Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday revealed sweeping reforms to the state's child welfare system, including a multipart plan that will create a statewide hotline for reporting child abuse and neglect, new training on how to assess those reports, and a study of workloads and caseloads of child protection workers.

Scotland Yard stole dead children’s identities: report


Scotland Yard stole dead children’s identities: report


London’s Metropolitan Police stole the identities of some 80 dead children and issued false documents in their names for use by undercover officers, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported on Sunday.



Stressed welfare systems impede evidence-based support for foster children

Stressed welfare systems impede evidence-based support for foster children


Maltreated children placed in foster care are at heightened risk for a wide range of negative outcomes related to their emotional, behavioral and neurobiological development, as well as poor social relationships.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Family still reeling after foster mom walks free in boy’s death

Family still reeling after foster mom walks free in boy’s death


Emotions ran high in a Saskatoon courtroom Friday.

That’s because the former foster mother of Evander Lee Daniels was found not guilty of criminal negligence last week in the First Nation boy’s death.

Foster mother accused of abusing child grant money


Foster mother accused of abusing child grant money


Boniswa Fani, 38, mother to three children who were in the care of foster mother Mary May, claims that Ms May’s home is not good enough for them.

Prince Edward CAS a mess: report

Prince Edward CAS a mess: report


A provincial government report released to a local newspaper shows that the Prince Edward Children’s Aid Society was completely dysfunctional.

Wilton lawmaker looks to add clarity to student restraint rules

Wilton lawmaker looks to add clarity to student restraint rules

What started out as a good idea and was intended to protect public school students from harm has had some unintended consequences, state Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, said Tuesday.

Mike Tyson plays child abuse victim on ‘Law & Order: SVU’

Mike Tyson plays child abuse victim on ‘Law & Order: SVU’


“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” often teases “ripped from the headlines” plots, but it’s the show’s casting of Mike Tyson for Wednesday’s new episode — titled “Monster’s Legacy” – that has generated headlines since news of his guest appearance broke last month. His role? Reggie Rhodes, a sympathetic victim of child abuse who murdered one of his attackers.

Audit: foster care firm made $6.1 million in fraudulent or improper charges

Audit: foster care firm made $6.1 million in fraudulent or improper charges

The owners of a Dane County firm for foster children charged taxpayers millions of dollars in fraudulent or improper charges - or one in every three dollars they billed, according to the allegations made in a state audit.

Couple accused of over-charging taxpayers says they're underpaid

Couple accused of over-charging taxpayers says they're underpaid

After a review accused them of charging taxpayers millions of dollars in inflated salaries, expensive trips and maintaining a fleet of personal vehicles, boats and homes, the owners of a Middleton foster care agency shot back that they were grossly underpaid and proposed to “upwardly adjust” their salaries.

Child Welfare System in Poor Shape, Audit Finds

Child Welfare System in Poor Shape, Audit Finds


A report released by the National Audit Office indicates that child protection work, a local government responsibility, has a focus on consequences of problems rather than their prevention, which is why the necessary help may not reach children in the early stages of social problems.

Note: It's like that everywhere.

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